Abstract
Facing the environmental and survival challenges of the next generation, the ground that bears architecture and art is no longer just about form, aesthetics, and mechanics. It involves dealing with the water falling from the sky, the movement of air currents, and the surfaces where geological sedimentation beneath the earth’s surface and biological activities intersect, creating an environment where problems and creation mutually nourish each other. Architecture and art explore and develop the vitality and growth phenomena in nature, seeking a dynamic coexistence between humans and other life forms. These local and relational successions affect a series of relationships, altering the nature of places over time and through usage, unfolding as a collaborative and mutually supportive relationship, rather than a unidirectional production and consumption. “The Collaboration Ground” reexamines the role of human construction, not as a destructive force concerned solely with human use, but through collaboration, actively understanding and repairing the environment. Through architecture and art, it explores and responds to the coexistence and succession of life, where life forms accumulate into different knowledge, encompassing logic, ethics, and sensory experiences. It’s an action of repair towards oneself, life, and the land. This paper discusses the creative and research practices of the “Wilderness Museum” and the “Collection and Creation of Vanishing Landscapes,” examining how art can develop various ways of coexisting with the land, combining botany, environmental science, and sociology.
Presenters
Hsuan Cheng ChenAssociate Professor, Department of Architecture, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
Collaboration, Coexistence, Logic, Ethics, Sensory Experiences, Botany, Environmental Science, Sociology
